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Superscript:Setsthevertical-aligntosub.
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Capitalize:Setsthetext-transformtocapitalize.
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Uppercase:Setsthetext-transformtouppercase.
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Lowercase:Setsthetext-transformtolowercase.
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Small-caps:Setsthefont-varianttosmall-caps.
Note: AllsettingsintheTextFormattingdialogareinfactCSSstylerules.Whenyouchangeone
ormoresettings,theselectedtextgetswrappedinaSpanelementthathasaninlinestyletag
containingtheselectedsetting(s).ClicktheAdvancedbuttontoaddCSSpropertiesandvalues
totheinlinestyletagoftheSpandirectly.FormoreinformationaboutCSS,see"Stylingand
formatting"onpage671.
Formatting a paragraph
ThroughtheParagraphFormattingdialogyoucansetthelineheightandfirstindentofaparagraph,
andspecifyhowtohandlepagebreaksbefore,inandaftertheparagraph.Italsoletsyouaddspacing
andaborder;see"Spacing"onpage707and"Border"onpage697.
ToopentheParagraphFormattingdialog,selectaparagraph(see:"Selectinganelement"on
page570)orplacethecursorinaparagraph,andthenselectFormat > Paragraph.
Foranexplanationofalloptionsinthisdialogsee:"ParagraphFormattingdialog"onpage907.
Removinglocalformattingfromtext
LayoutbuttonsandoptionsontheFormatmenuaddinlinestyletagstothetext.Styletagscanlook
likethis:<b>...</b>orlikethis:<p style= "color: red;" >.
InlinestyletagshavepriorityoverstylesdefinedinaCSSfilebecausetheyareconsideredmorespe-
cific(see"UsingamorespecificCSSrule"onpage680).Forexample,whenaformattingruleinastyle
sheetcolorsallparagraphsgreen,aparagraphwithaninlinestyletagtocoloritredwouldstillstayred.
So,whenaruleinastylesheetdoesn’tseemtowork,aninlinestyletagmaybetheculprit.Inthatcase
youmightwanttoremovethelocalformatting.
Toremovelocalformatting:
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SelecttheformattedtextandclickthetoolbarbuttonRemove Formatting.Doingthisremoves
inlinestyletagsfromtheselection.
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Alternatively,clicktheSourcetabatthebottomoftheworkspace(orselectView > Source
View)tomanuallyremovestyletags.
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